The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-18

A Glance at the Men who Have
Represented Dubois County In
the National Legislature.

the y otlOnol AeBbsSeSuEOs
In this sketch We will give the names
and address 0f the different members oil
Congress the voters Of Dubois county
have helped 10 elect slnce the organizs-
Ition OF the Territorial government Of In
diana, with the number Of the different
Congresses they were members of.
! On the organization Of the Territory
Iof Indiana Mr.. BENJAMIN Parke wasI
elected O. the fret delegate. He was an
old Jefferson Democrat, and was elected
as such 10 the Ninth and Tenth Con-
gresses. serving from Dec. 18th, 1903, to-
March lst 1908, when he resigned to &C.
cept from President jefferson, the posi-
ti0n Of District Judge Of tho United
States Court, which place he held until
his death at Salem, Indiana, July 18th,
1895.
1 Hon. Jesse b. Thomas, the aecond del
egate, was elect a. Democrat, TO Oil the
Vacancy suased by the resignstion Of
Benz Psrke, for the short session OF the
Tenth Congress. He was afterwards
one OF the fret Senators from illinois
and served for eleven years. In 1850 he
committed suicide. at Mount Vernon,
Ohio, by severing jugular vein with .
razor.
Hon. Jonathan Jennings. our third
delegate, was : native OF New Jersey,
and served during the Eleventh, Twelfth
aud Thirteenth Congress, or from No
vember 9th, 1910, TO April 3Oth, 1916,
land on the admission Of Indiana to the
Union a. State December, 1916, he was
elected the irst Governor, serving elk
years as such. He was Afterwards elected
u member 10 the Seventeenth Congress.
from Dec %, 1921, 10 March Sd, 1928.
This ended his connection with Dubois
county, though he continued to represent
1.-THE Northern District of the State for
seversl years. During the year 1924 he
wac the Grand Master Of Mseons tor the
State aud did much for the cause Of the
order. Altogether his Congressional lite
LASTED for sixteen years. Being the long.
lest period Of any man who has ever rep
PRESENTED Dubois.
On the admission Of Indinna ~ State
william Hendricks, OF Madison, was
detected ss the member of Congress, M I
Democrat, defeating his opponent. Gen
erai Posey, bv majority Of 1851. Ill
served during the Fourteenth. Fifteenth
lSixsceniIi aud Seventeenth Congresses
r.-igning his seat in The Seventeenth
Couxrrs- to accept the Gvcrnorship o
the state. lie WAS afterwards u.
lSeuator for twelve years. and died 1t hi
home. IN siadisou. In 1854. lie was III
uncle Of Hon. Thos. A. Hendricks. VIII,
afterwards followed il his footsteps. .
Member OF Congress. Senator aud Gov
lermor. Wnr. Hendricks was succeeded
liz Congress by Jonathan Jennings, VIII,
has already been mentioned a. . dele
gate. He served during The Second ses
sion Of the Seycnisenlh Congress
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IL 1923 Tho State was divided int,
~ flCongressional Districts. Dubois connt,
-being plsced ia the First, or Southern
II District, which elected william Prince
'-of Princeton. AZ The fret member from
Ifthe First District. lie was elected a.
4 Democrat. and died during the First ses
'rsion OF the Eighteenth Congress. Nj
b Jacob Call, Of Princeton. was elected .
= : Demscrat to fill the unexpired term o
1.-THE Eighteenth Congress, caused by III
e death Of Mr.. Prince. and served frou
K December 23d. 1924. to March ID. 1925.
q Hon. Ratlif Boone, of Boonville, va
y elected 10 the Nineteenth Congress as
n Jackson Democrat, serving from 1925 {
~ 1877. He was defeated ~ q Jackso
Q Democrat, FOR the Twentieth Congress
T-Iby Thos. H. Blake, Of Terre Haute, .
Ie Adams Republican,. who In turn was de-
feated by Boon. for the Twenty -Firs
Congress, by 76 majority. Thos. H
Blake was the first Republican to repre-
vsl cent Democratic Dubois. He was
,eI Washington CITY boy, and had been
to soldier in the war Of 1912. After HI
!. a (o~ ~. Mat fynunraso n
. refused to be . candidate for the Twenty
4 Second. President Tyler appointed hil
be Commissioner OF the General Land .
r flee, Ia which capacity be served for thrs
"a. years.
" RatliH' Boon, Was reelected for q
ii Twenty Second, Twenty Third, Twent!
at Fourth and Twenty Fifth Congrssse
Altogether serving six terms from lss
Ito 1889, excepting two years Of u
q 2 Twentieth Congress BY tse Hon. Tho
p II. Blake.
'le Geo. II. Profit, OF Petersburg, VI
se elected to the Twenty Sixth and Twent!
~ Seventh Congresses q Z Whig, defea
~ ing Robert Dale Owen, Democrat. Ant
o. two terms he was appointed BY Pres
a: dent Tyler Minister to Brazil In l64
"a but the Senate refused TO confirm, 20
llr had 70 return III l645.
70 Mr.. Profit was succeeded In Il
Twenty Eighth Congress, BY one Of j
diana's brightest minds, and undoubte
Nv the most intelligent man the people
"a Dubois ever voted for for Member
a. Congress, Robert Dale Owen, the Authc
10 Diplomat and Statesman, Of New lila
III mony, Indiana. lie was elected 10 q
4 Twenty Eighth and Twenty Ninth Go
an gresses as Democrat, and was appoints
~, Minister to Naples In 1853, remainiI
IN until 1868. Ho was the author OF sever
~ now famous works, notably: "Fos
~ falls on the Boundary Of Anoth
- World; y "The Wrong Of Slavery II
yond tho Breakers ~ "Thc Debateat
ers Land between this World and the Mex
n. and "Hints on Public Architecture" }" wi
M. 1l3 illustrations.